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SFM Interview
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Photo Bonanza
SFM’s best yet – Aki Basho/ Las Vegas / Amateur World Champs / Azumazeki-beya visit – seen nowhere else

Aki Basho Review
Lon Howard
Lon gives us his Aki Basho summary, along with the henka sightings results, and his take on the tournament while ‘gem’ of the basho takes a break

Lower Division Rikishi
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Mikko Mattila returns to cover lower division ups and downs

Kyushu Basho Forecast
Pierre Wohlleben & Mark Buckton
Pierre predicts the Kyushu Basho banzuke while Mark previews the ones to watch next time out

Sumo 101
Barbara Ann Klein
Discovers and explains amasumo & ozumo variations

Kimarite Focus
Mikko Mattila
Mikko once again walks us through his chosen kimarite

Minusha
John McTague
John’s unique bimonthly view of news from outside the dohyo

Online Gaming
Zenjimoto of ‘game fame’ covers some of the very best sumo games around – his own!

Kokugi Connections
Todd Lambert
Todd’s focus on 3 of the most interesting online sumo sites today

Fan Debate
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SFM Cartoons
Benny Loh
In the first of our cartoon bonanzas, sit back and chuckle at Benny Loh’s offerings

Let’s Hear From You
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Readers’ Letters
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Sumo Quiz
The Quizmaster
Answer the Qs and win yourself next basho’s banzuke.

  which can be seen on the Oracle web site. It’s been fun sending out the trophy to the respective champions every two months. I usually get interested stares in the post office with my boxes going to Japan, Australia, or Germany. This game is FULLY automated thanks to Swedish programming guru and sumo games fan Kashunowaka, who also automated the final game in the Sekitori-Games franchise, Sekitori-Quadrumvirate. The third game, the above-mentioned Sekitori-Quadrumvirate, is a mouthful (that’s why it usually goes by the less loquacious name “S4” for short), but in fact the quickest one to play. It also involves all 70 rikishi in the top two divisions. Here you pick four sekitori each day (hence “Quadrumvirate”). If at least three of them win their matches,
you also win. Easy? No way, because you are only allowed to pick each sekitori ONCE during a basho...so choose wisely! While at first you have the whole shebang available, after a few days it becomes pretty slim pickings, and at the end you will wonder how you will EVER scrape up a win with the bunch of losers you have left, but it IS possible. Kashunowaka’s brilliant and easy to use interface quickly made this one of the favorite daily games out there. S4 also has a prize sponsor – sumo fan Takanokaze of Russia sponsors a printed tegata prize for the Yusho winner.

There is something for everyone in the Sekitori-Games triad – loads of fun for every type of player, and prizes, to boot… So swing on over, and enjoy the games!

Sekitori-Oracle: www.sekitori-oracle.com
Sekitori-Toto: www.sekitori-toto.com
Sekitori-Quadrumvirate ("S4"): www.anasuya.com/4

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